DREAMING BIG AFTER A STROKE When a stroke strikes a person in the prime of their life, Shepherd Center provides specialized rehabilitation to help patients make a comeback. ALSO INSIDE KEEPING PEOPLE WITH MS IN THE WORKFORCE + CELEBRATING MILESTONES THROUGH REHABILITATION + GETTING BACK TO NATURE news.shepherd.orgnews.shepherd.org | | Winter Fall 2016 2016 Shepherd Center Magazine: Spinal Column® Fall 2016 Shepherd Center 2020 Peachtree Road, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30309 404-352-2020 ®
[email protected] Spinal Column news.shepherd.org Editor A LETTER FROM JAMES SHEPHERD Kerry Ludlam Design Soloflight, Inc. Contributing Writers Sara Baxter, Natalie Beard, Amanda Crowe, Leslie Jackson, Phillip Jordan, Kerry Ludlam, Dean Melcher, Jane Sanders, Mia Taylor, Dear Friends, David Terraso Contributing Photographers As the weather turns colder, leaves transform and holiday celebrations fill the Minh Doan, Christina Edwards, Louie calendar, I am reminded that things are always in flux. Here at Shepherd Center, Favorite, Teresa Foy, Ross Henderson, we, too, are in a season of change. Drew Oswald, Phil Skinner Shepherd Center’s long-time president and CEO, Gary Ulicny, Ph.D., is retiring Board of Directors this spring after 22 years. Gary’s influence on Shepherd Center is indelible. He has James H. Shepherd, Jr., Chairman led us through several expansions, the addition of life-changing programs and our Gary Ulicny, Ph.D., President and CEO Emory A. Schwall, Vice President climb up the rankings as one of the country’s top hospitals for spinal cord and brain William C. Fowler, Treasurer injury rehabilitation. What means the most to me, though – and likely all of you – is Alana Shepherd, Recording Secretary the culture that Gary has helped foster every day, all day long.